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Season | 1997 |
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Champions | Skonto FC |
UEFA Champions League | Skonto FC |
UEFA Cup | Torpedo Riga |
Cup Winners' Cup | FK Liepajas Metalurgs |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Dinaburg FC |
Top goalscorer | David Chaladze (25 goals) |
← 1996 1998 → |
The 1997 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ninth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Skonto (C) | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 8 | +81 | 64 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Daugava Rīga | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
3 | Dinaburg | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 42 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
4 | Ventspils | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 42 | |
5 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
6 | Universitāte (R) | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 29 | Dissolved after the season |
7 | Valmiera | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 28 | |
8 | Lokomotīve (R) | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 17 | Dissolved after the season |
9 | Rēzekne | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 69 | −59 | 8 | Spared from relegation |
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | David Chaladze (GEO) | Skonto FC | 25 |
2 | Mihails Miholaps (LAT) | Skonto FC | 14 |
3 | Sergey Solovjov (RUS) | Skonto FC | 11 |
4 | Juris Karašausks (LAT) | Dinaburg FC | 10 |
5 | Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) | Skonto FC | 9 |
Artūrs Zakreševskis (LAT) | Daugava Rīga |
Best | Name | Team |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Aleksandrs Koliņko (LAT) | Skonto FC |
Defender | Igors Stepanovs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
Midfielder | Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
Forward | Mihails Miholaps (RUS) | Skonto FC |
Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - |
MF | Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 16 | - | 3 | - |
DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 18 | 1 | 1 | - |
MF | Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
FW | David Chaladze | 22.01.1976 | 20 | 25 | 2 | - |
MF | Valērijs Ivanovs | 23.02.1970 | 17 | - | - | - |
MF | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 12 | 3 | - | - |
GK | Aleksandrs Koļiņko | 18.06.1975 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - |
MF | Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 2 | - | - | - |
GK | Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 12 | 0 | 7 | - |
- | Vsevolods Līdaks | 22.10.1977 | 4 | - | - | - |
FW | Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 17 | 14 | - | - |
FW | Marians Pahars | 05.08.1976 | 22 | 5 | - | - |
- | Aleksandr Pindejev | 03.03.1971 | 9 | - | - | - |
MF | Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 13 | 2 | 2 | - |
DF | Levan Silagadze | 04.08.1976 | 19 | - | 1 | 1 |
FW | Igors Sļesarčuks | 31.03.1976 | 1 | - | - | - |
- | Sergey Solovjov | 03.04.1978 | 20 | 11 | 3 | - |
DF | Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
DF | Jurijs Ševļakovs | 24.01.1959 | 19 | - | 1 | - |
FW | Andrejs Štolcers | 08.07.1974 | 23 | 9 | 1 | - |
DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 21 | 6 | 4 | - |
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs |